# Right click on this page name and choose to open in a new tab: [[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Template]].

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* Right click on this page name and choose to open in a new tab: [[GSOC_2012/Student_Application_Template]].

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# Open a new tab and put in the address <code>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application</code> Replace ''Name_of_proposal'' with a proposal short name, using an underscore '_' for the space. Try for no more than seven words for the short name, if possible. This is going to be your ''proposal page''.

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* Open a new tab and put in the address <code>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSOC_2012/Student_Application_FedoraUsername/ProposalName</code> Replace <code>FedoraUsername</code> with your Fedora Username and replace <code>ProposalName</code> with a short name of the proposal, using an underscore '_' for space. Try for no more than seven words for the short name, if possible. This is going to be your ''proposal page''.

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# Go to the first tab with the proposal application and click on the ''edit'' link. When you have the page source, highlight and copy all of it.

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* Go to the first tab with the proposal application and click on the ''edit'' link. When you have the page source, highlight and copy all of it.

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# Go to the second tab with the ''Name_of_proposal'' title, and click the ''create'' tab on the top of the page. When you have the edit window open, paste in all of the content from the proposal application tab.

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* Go to the second tab with the <code>ProposalName</code> title, and click the ''create'' tab on the top of the page. When you have the edit window open, paste in all of the content from the proposal application tab.

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# In the source for the new wiki page, note the transclusion, which is a page name surrounded by curly braces:

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* In the source for the new wiki page, note the transclusion, which is a page name surrounded by curly braces:

# Replace the ''Example Student'' with ''Your Name'' from your application page name. Don't worry about the spaces, MediaWiki automatically includes the underscore when it makes the link.

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* Replace the <code>FedoraUsername</code> with ''Your Fedora Username'' from your application page name. (Don't worry about the spaces, MediaWiki automatically includes the underscore when it makes the link).

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# Fill out the rest of the proposal page content with information from your proposal.

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* Fill out the rest of the proposal page content with information from your proposal.

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# Be sure your page includes the category tag at the bottom of the page:

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* Be sure your page includes the category tag at the bottom of the page:

# When saving the page check the ''Watch this page'' box, or click on the ''watch'' tab when the page is published.

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* When saving the page check the ''Watch this page'' box, or click on the ''watch'' tab when the page is published.

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# Look at the saved page and make sure your application page information is transcluded properly. If you have any problems with making these pages work, use IRC to get help. Visit the page [[Communication for Summer Coding 2010]] for more information.

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* Look at the saved page and make sure your application page information is transcluded properly. If you have any problems with making these pages work, use IRC to get help. Visit the page [[GSOC_2012#Communication]] for more information.

==Keep communicating==

==Keep communicating==

Revision as of 16:31, 9 March 2012

Upcomming importants dates for students,

March 16: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.

Status of the GSoC 2012, now!
The Fedora Project has submitted their application to GSoC admins. Whether the Fedora is in the program or not will be announced on 16th March. Fedora participated GSoC in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

Learn about the program

Find a project

Start communicating

Begin communicating with the community. Other members of the community can help you refine your idea, and you may meet potential mentors. You should contact sub-projects within the community that can provide mentors for your project idea, and you should join,

If you're interested in examples, this user page template provides a basic layout that you can copy. You can also look at the markup for other users' pages. Here's a selection of some that have stood out:

Go to the first tab with the proposal application and click on the edit link. When you have the page source, highlight and copy all of it.

Go to the second tab with the ProposalName title, and click the create tab on the top of the page. When you have the edit window open, paste in all of the content from the proposal application tab.

In the source for the new wiki page, note the transclusion, which is a page name surrounded by curly braces:

{{:Student_Application_FedoraUsername}}

Replace the FedoraUsername with Your Fedora Username from your application page name. (Don't worry about the spaces, MediaWiki automatically includes the underscore when it makes the link).

Fill out the rest of the proposal page content with information from your proposal.

Be sure your page includes the category tag at the bottom of the page:

[[Category:Summer_coding_2012]]

When saving the page check the Watch this page box, or click on the watch tab when the page is published.

Look at the saved page and make sure your application page information is transcluded properly. If you have any problems with making these pages work, use IRC to get help. Visit the page GSOC_2012#Communication for more information.

Keep communicating

We cannot overstress the importance of communication. Keep talking, and listening, to the discussion group, to the sub-projects relevant to your proposal and to potential mentors. Be patient, as mentors and other contributors are often very busy people.